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California leads the way in earthquake drill

Mock scenario a part of preparedness movement in western US state where threat of a big quake hitting is very real.

18 Oct 2013 12:32 GMT

More than 24 million people around the world have taken part in the largest earthquake drill in history. The effort was led by the US state of California where a recent investigation found that many buildings will not survive a big earthquake. Al Jazeera's Stephanie Stanton reports from Los Angeles.